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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A notary public's.
(b) A doctor's.
(c) A lawyer's.
(d) The Communist Party's.

2. What happens at the mass meeting Kovály attends in 1967?
(a) A vote occurs which decides the fate of protestors.
(b) Party officials take questions from the attendees.
(c) The leader of the Communist Party stops by.
(d) A riot takes place.

3. What work-at-home job does Kovály find after Margolius' death?
(a) Weaving scarves.
(b) Assembling slippers.
(c) Stuffing envelopes.
(d) Painting figurines.

4. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?
(a) As having an air of freedom.
(b) As unnerving.
(c) As peaceful and calm.
(d) As hostile as it had been during the Nazi occupation.

5. What does Kovály find has happened to Margolius' ashes?
(a) They are buried in a mass grave.
(b) They are mixed into asphalt to pave a road.
(c) His ashes are spread on an icy roadway.
(d) They are dumped into a lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Margolius tell Kovály he has read and enjoyed.

2. How does Marenka secure hospitalization for Kovály?

3. Who hides some of Kovály's items in her building's basement?

4. Who occupies Czechoslovakia after what is effectively a kidnapping of the new leadership?

5. Who suggests to Kovály that her apartment might be bugged?

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